Got this for our 6 and 8 year old for Christmas and they love it. I can’t speak to how assembly went, as my husband took care of that. He had a couple people help him and they were done in 2 hours or so. A few months after we got it, a large branch fell out of a tree during a storm and landed on our climbing dome, bending two of the bars. Customer service was amazing in helping me get the extra parts we needed to repair it. Highly recommend.